Stereosternum
Stereosternum Temporal range: Early Permian | |
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Life restoration of Stereosternum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | †Parareptilia |
Order: | †Mesosauria |
Family: | †Mesosauridae |
Genus: | †Stereosternum Cope, 1885 |
Type species | |
†Stereosternum tumidum Cope, 1885 | |
Synonyms | |
Mesosaurus tumidum (Cope, 1885) |
Stereosternum is a genus of mesosaurid marine reptile from the Early Permian of Brazil. Unlike other mesosaurs, which appear to have been filter feeders, Stereosternum seeming led a lifestyle similar to that of the gharial, capturing fish with its slender snout, filled with sharp teeth. The juveniles also appear to have been less aquatic than the adults.[1]
References
- ↑ Signore et al. (2002)
Cope, E.D. 1886. A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Brazil. Stereosternum tumidum, gen. et sp. nov. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23(121):1-21.
Sources
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 226)
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